The Good and Bad on Juicing

The Good and Bad on Juicing

It’s complicated when it comes to juicing. I personally think juicing is a fantastic thing to do for your health. Having said that, if you are replacing eating whole fruits and vegetables with juicing them instead, you are missing out on a lot of nutrients. The pulp and skins of produce hold key minerals and nutrients we need, and when you take a piece of produce in it’s natural state and manipulate it too much, it loses some of the original goodness it had. Whenever possible, eating the whole plant food is better. But, I love juicing for an extra boost of nutrients in the morning, especially green juices. I am not always keen on eating a head of kale for breakfast, but I will enjoy it in a juice. It is kind of give and take in my opinion.

Juicing is also great economically if you do it right. The way I use my juicer is basically, I only juice when my produce is looking a little wilted and not as appeasing to eat on it’s own. The juice in the picture above is literally all of my kind of overripe produce I just had in my fridge. It is a mix of forgotten beets, kale, romaine, carrots (a lot of carrots), half an old lemon, and a slightly soft apple. I cannot say that it was the most appealing to drink or look at, but it did the job (honestly it wasn’t that bad tasting either).

I would say juicing is awesome for making sure you use up all of the produce you buy at the store. I definitely have been guilty of buying a ton of stuff in the produce aisle and then forgetting about it until it stinks up my fridge. But, with this juicer, it really does save me money and guarantees that I use everything I buy. It makes me feel good about getting the most bang for my buck as well as getting a ton of great nutrition on a budget!